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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say is the rule for men?
(a) Overcome yourself.
(b) Know yourself.
(c) Quest after elevated things.
(d) Be strong and active.

2. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) By making a man wonder who is visiting during the day.
(b) By bringing another man's baby into the marriage.
(c) By giving her babies away for adoption.
(d) By humiliating the man with her low behavior.

3. With what tone does Rousseau open Book 4 Chapter 1?
(a) Energetic lamentation.
(b) Powerful exhortation.
(c) Passionate accusation.
(d) Reasoned explanation.

4. What does Rousseau say ensures interdependence of man and woman?
(a) Man's dependence on woman.
(b) Woman's need for reason.
(c) Man's need for spiritual symbols in his life.
(d) Woman's usefulness as a tool to men's work.

5. What change does a man experience at his second birth?
(a) The ability to hold complex ideas.
(b) The ability to reason.
(c) Sexual desire.
(d) Facial hair and a deeper voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rousseau contrasts book learning with what kind of learning?

2. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?

3. What does Rousseau say is the particular challenge for women?

4. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

5. What is Rousseau's feeling about the disparity between men's and women's roles?

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